Progressive icon and Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D) announced Thursday night she is endorsing Hillary Clinton.
"I'm ready to get in this fight and work my heart out for Hillary Clinton to become the next president of the United States and to make sure that Donald Trump never gets anyplace close to the White House," she told MSNBC's Rachel Maddow. When asked why she didn't endorse a candidate sooner, Warren said she believed "the primary was a really important opportunity for Democrats to get out there and show this is what it means to be a Democrat. We got out there and pushed those issues forward, and we made sure the American people saw the kind of thinking we have and energy we have and what makes us very different from guys on the other side." She also said she has not been asked to be Clinton's running mate, and she "loves" what she does as a senator.
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